FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – Work to install new safety features at the intersection of Friant Road and Audubon Drive is set to start this week. Officials with the City of Fresno say the move will help protect pedestrians and bicyclists trying to cross either of the two roads.
“The intersection will have a no right on red, but it will also have a special right turn phase for vehicles,” said the Public Works Director Scott Mozier.
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Mozier says the “no right on red” will allow bicyclists and pedestrians to safely cross Audubon Driver without the threat of right-turning traffic.
“To do all that, what we need to do is extend, lengthen, the right turn pocket coming southbound on Friant,” said Mozier.
Mozier says the far-right, southbound lane on Friant Road will be closed during overnight hours from Shepherd to Audubon – from Monday until some time in July. It is the latest in changes stemming from a 2022 promise by city leaders to make the roads by Woodward Park safer following multiple tragic deaths, including that of 61-year-old Paul Moore.